From Law Book to Legal Book: The Origin of a Species by Michael Widener

“…These images highlight the book’s function in law as symbol, text, and artifact. The article concludes by pointing to opportunities for collecting, research, and teaching that the broader definition of »legal book« presents for curators and the historians they serve. …”
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Benjamin’s Dialectical Image and the Textuality of the Built Landscape by Ross Lipton

“…In this paper, I will first discuss the textuality of the dialectical image as it emerges from Benjamin’s discussion of allegorical and symbolic images in his Trauerspiel study and the ‘wish symbol’ in The Arcades Project. …”
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Más allá del mar, un inmenso jardín. El trato a la figura de Rafael del Riego en la prensa de México, Colombia y Buenos Aires tras su muerte (1823-1830) by Alberto Cañas de Pablos

“…Rafael del Riego after his pronunciamento in 1820 became a political symbol who embodied the system of Spanish Liberal Triennium, a reference inside and outside his country. …”
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On the Performance of Quasiorthogonal STBC with Relay Selection and Phase Rotation Techniques for Decode and Forward Cooperative Communications by Nikorn Sutthisangiam, Chaiyod Pirak, Gerd Ascheid

“…Specifically, by applying relay-selection and phase-rotation techniques, a diversity gain of four can be achieved. In addition, a symbol error rate (SER) performance analysis with closed-form expression and power allocation are investigated and compared with simulation results. …”
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Mobilités socio-spatiales et production territoriale en Sénégambie by Mohamadou Mountaga Diallo

“…A major geographical discontinuity, the border is traditionally defined as the limit of a state territory, and a symbol of its sovereignty. The Senegal-Gambia border performs this function, and creates numerous border effects that are exploited by the population. …”
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Analyzing the Effect of Badminton on Physical Health and Emotion Recognition on the account of Smart Sensors by Chun Chang, Kaihua Chen, Jianjun Cao, Qian Wu, Hemu Chen

“…Emotional ability is an important symbol of human intelligence. Human’s understanding of emotions, from subjective consciousness to continuous or discrete emotional dimensions, and then to physiological separability, has shown a trend of gradually diverging from psychological research to the field of intelligent human-computer interaction. …”
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Mediasi Melalui Pendekatan Mufakat Sebagai Lembaga Alternatif Penyelesaian Sengketa Untuk Mendukung Pembangunan Ekonomi Nasional by larensius Arliman S

“…The approach of mufakat is very important in carrying out mediation of economic dispute resolution, because consensus is a symbol of the Indonesian nation. …”
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Research on Lateral Force of Pile Based on Liquefaction Site Effect by Zuo Xi, Zhou Enquan

“…In addition, by solving the velocity field with vector symbol operation method, the analytical expression of the lateral force in the liquefied flow field is obtained, and the sensitivity of the parameters in the analytical expression is analyzed. …”
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Delay-Modulated RF Tag System Concept Using Ultrawideband Noise Radar Waveforms by Qihe Pan, Ram M. Narayanan

“…System performance is evaluated in terms of symbol error probability in an additive white Gaussian noise (AWGN) channel. …”
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BEP/SEP and Outage Performance Analysis of 𝐿-Branch Maximal-Ratio Combiner for 𝜅-𝜇 Fading by Mirza Milišić, Mirza Hamza, Mesud Hadžialić

“…In this paper we treat bit error probability (BEP), symbol error probability (SEP) and outage probability of MRC in presence of 𝜅-𝜇 fading. …”
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South Sea Daggers and the Dead Man’s Eye: Foreign Invasion in Fin-de-Siècle Optogram Fiction by Andrea Goulet

“…These discourses—of biological vulnerability, of psychic pathology, and of social-geographical deviance—allow us to re-read the optical theme of the retinal membrane as symbol for the anxiety-provoking porosity of national and civic boundaries in an age of colonial exchange.…”
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Overview of Sign Language Translation Based on Natural Language Processing by Wang Hanmo

“…The study begins by examining various sign language representation methods, such as video, gesture, symbol systems, and annotation, analyzing their strengths and weaknesses. …”
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A Transfer of Language and Culture: German Bread and Pastries and Their Names in Kosovo by Hamiti Vjosa, Jusufi Lumnije

“…This article examines the linguistic and cultural influence of German bread culture in Kosovo, where bread holds significant meaning as a symbol of hospitality and community. The introduction of German bread products, driven by migration and economic changes, has transformed Kosovar “bread habits”. …”
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Ghostly (re)visions: Embodying the Indian Caribbean churile by Christopher L. Ballengee

“…These works transform the horrifying symbolism of the churile, using her to address historical and personal wounds, while expressing resilience and reclaiming agency, underscoring the enduring relevance of embodied experiences in shaping complex identities.…”
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Shoot Straight, You Bastards! Australians in the Boer War: the Breaker Morant Case by Martine Piquet

“…The fairness of the court-martial has since been disputed and, rightly or wrongly, Morant has become a folk hero in Australia, as a symbol of the reckless defiance of the underdog towards the authorities. …”
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W cieniu deszczowego drzewa. Antropologiczne zapiski z Fortu Kochi by Katarzyna Najmrocka

“…Mieszkańcy upamiętniają stare olbrzymy dekoracjami festiwalowymi, czyniąc z nich symbol wielokulturowej społeczności miejskiej, która żyje w symbiozie z naturą.…”
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Effective Scheme of Channel Tracking and Estimation for Mobile WiMAX DL-PUSC System by Phuong Thi Thu Pham, Tomohisa Wada

“…Besides, channel estimation performance can be remarkably improved by taking advantage of channel tracking derived from the preamble symbol. System performances in terms of packet error rate (PER) and user link throughput are investigated in various channels adopted from the well-known ITU models for mobile environments. …”
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The p-Adic Valuations of Sums of Binomial Coefficients by Yong Zhang, Peisen Yuan

“…For any integer m≡0modp and positive integer n, we have 1/pn∑k=0pn−1pn−1k2kk/−mk−mm−4/p∑k=0n−1n−1k2kk/−mk∈ℤp, where −˙ is the Legendre symbol and ℤp is the ring of p-adic integers.…”
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Power Management in Multiuser Adaptive Modulation Transmission under QoS Requirements by Saud Althunibat, Nizar Zorba, Charalabos Skianis, Christos Verikoukis

“…The QoS is represented by the application demanded data rate and symbol error rate. The power outage problem is considered and a practical method to minimize the outage probability is proposed. …”
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The Case of Hagia Sophia's Opening to Worship As an Example of Political “Anamnesis” by Deniz Ülke Arıbogan

“…The symbolic power of Hagia Sophia, which was used as a mosque for 482 years and was conquered by Ottomans, is important. …”
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